Nov 2.1 After Samhain
(wrote this yesterday but was unable to post it)pumpkin pumpkin pumpkinhops on my tongue like pop rocksstoop melon grinssag into glumsunlight flirts through the elmsnobody is homeeven the wind has...
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Second time in 24 hours that I've seen the word samhain and don't know what it is. (Now can't remember where I just saw it. (I think a character said, "What the Samhain!" or something like that? A...
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Good sounds and image. I especially like line 2 and calling the pumpkin a "stoop melon." Love the last line, though might think of putting it higher. Thanks for teaching me "Samhain."
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Hi H,Toni- what a bizarre thing to read - your scary post. And the plane scare too!!!! always loved the idea of Samhain "stoop melon" - now that's grandmight try "nobody home"?
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scary indeed.... and yes, nobody home works better.... thanks
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I think this was successful in getting the imagery across (and thus the feel) of the aftermath of Halloween. The slumping pumpkins - the feel of nobody home. Love the last line!
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Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane and Lunasa are Celtic festivals falling approximately midway between solstice and equinox. Their Christianized forms (in England) are All Hallow's, Candlemas (=Ground Hog...
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Samhain sounds like a poetry form. Enjoyed this timely poem, Hadley.
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Funny images. I like this even more now that I hear Liam Neeson reading it. Jiggy.
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I love the pop rocks and "stoop melon". This reminds me of how my front porch looks now with a pumpkin on the rail, calmness since the storm has passed and Halloween is over.
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